Case of head banging that continued to adolescence

Head banging is a rhythmic movement disorder (RMD) along with headrolling and bodyrolling. The average age of onset is 9 months, and by 10 years of age the majority of subjects no longer complain of head banging. A case of head banging in which the symptoms continued to adolescence is reported. The...

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Published inPsychiatry and clinical neurosciences Vol. 56; no. 3; pp. 255 - 256
Main Authors HASHIZUME, YUJI, YOSHIJIMA, HIDEKAZU, UCHIMURA, NAOHISA, MAEDA, HISAO
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Science Pty 01.06.2002
Subjects
adolescence
Adolescent
Adolescent boys
Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use
Case studies
Clonazepam - therapeutic use
Head
Head banging
Humans
Japan
Male
Sleep Stages - physiology
Stereotypic Movement Disorder - drug therapy
Stereotypic Movement Disorder - physiopathology
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Summary:Head banging is a rhythmic movement disorder (RMD) along with headrolling and bodyrolling. The average age of onset is 9 months, and by 10 years of age the majority of subjects no longer complain of head banging. A case of head banging in which the symptoms continued to adolescence is reported. The RMD involved the patient abnormally rolling his body or head and hitting his head on walls during sleep. His head bangings were observed during sleep stage 2 and REM sleep. Doses of clonazepam ranging from 0.5 mg to 2 mg were administered for the RMD, which diminished when treated with 2 mg of clonazepam.
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ISSN:1323-1316
1440-1819
DOI:10.1046/j.1440-1819.2002.00998.x